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IT: device to device communication
Are you a technophobe? Bluetooth, Ethernet, WiFi; are they terms that mean nothing to you? IT: device to device communication, is a free course that will gently guide you to an understanding of how devices 'talk' to each other and what technologies and processes are involved. You will also look at wired and wireless communication technologies, introducing you to some of the key methods involved.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- understand and use correctly terms introduced in this course in relation to communication networks
- understand general principles involved in data exchange between IT devices
- work with numbers expressed in scientific notation, and use the Windows calculator to perform calculations on these numbers.
First Published: 09/08/2012
Updated: 19/04/2018
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